Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 51.072 - Authority of Local Self-Government(a) The municipality has full power of local self-government.(b) The grant of powers to the municipality by this code does not prevent, by implication or otherwise, the municipality from exercising the authority incident to local self-government.
Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 51.072
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.